Clasp.



No. 792,125. PATENTED JUNE 13', 1905. G. E. FIGG.

CLASP.

APPLICATION FILED OUT. 19, 1904.

Inventor.

UNITED STATES Patented June 13,1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

CLASP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,125, dated June 13, 1905.

Application filed October 19, 1904:. Serial No. 229,153.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE EDWARD Free, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Montreal, in the district of Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasps, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in clasps as shown and described in the present specification and illustrated by the accompanying drawings that form part of the same.

The invention consists, essentially, of a plate, a loop of wire projecting outwardly from one edge of said plate, and wire ends projecting outwardly from the opposite edge and bent over and toward and from one another in the form of an X, centrally above the plate.

The object of the invention is devise a clasp cheap to manufacture and simple to operate and which shall hold a garment or other articles securely in place.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the clasp in readiness to be attached to a garment or other article. Fig. 2 is a perspective detail of the plate. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail of the clasp portion detached from the plate.

a is a plate of metal, preferably having slits cut in the ends thereof to form the tongues Z) and c. (Z41 and e e are notches in the sides of said plate.

f is a length of wire formed into the loop y, measuring in width the distance between the notches (Z and e. The loop 9 projects outwardly from the plate, the wires extending therefrom resting in the notches (Z and e. The ends it and i of the wire preferably pass under the plate and are brought into the opposite notches (Z and e and form an X centrally above the plate. The ends it and i are bent substantially at right angles to the plate and are further formed to converge over the center thereof and from this point to flare from the center and terminate at the loop g, to which they are held.

This clasp is particularly useful for neckwear, but may be utilized for many other articles Where fasteners are required.

The application of this clasp to neckwear is very simple, as the plate is preferably secured to the tie by the tongues and in using the clasp portion fastened on the collar-stud by passing the neck of the stud through the wires where they come together over the center of the plate. The clasp is very easy to remove, but quite secure when in position.

The simplicity of this device is a great recommendation, as it is cheap to manufacture and almost impossible to breal; or get out of order. Besides, there is nothing to wear in the construction. Therefore it will outlast any necktie which can be made.

hat I claim as my invention is- 1. A clasp comprising a plate having tongues extending therefrom, and a length of Wire forming a loop projecting outwardly from one edge of said plate, and ends passing under and extending outwardly from the opposite edge and bent over and across in the form of the letter X, the said ends terminating at said loop and caught thereto, as and for the purpose specified.

2. In a device of the class described, in combination, a plate having notches in the sides thereof, and a length of wire having the strands extending from a looped portion and embracing said plate through said notches, said loop projecting outwardly from one edge of said plate and said strands extending across the plate from the opposite edge and converging over the center of the plate in the form of the letter X, as and for the purpose specified.

Signed at Montreal, in the district of Montreal, in the Province of Quebec, Canada, this 14th day of October, 1904.

GEORGE EDWARD FIGG.

Witnesses:

J. E. L. BLACKMORE, BONITA HERGER. 

